GREENSBORO, N.C. — The future of flight is taking off in the Triad. Guilford Technical Community College officially broke ground this week on its new $34.6 million aviation campus — a project that leaders say will help train the next generation of aviation workers and fuel job growth across the region and state.
The 70,000-square-foot facility will be built just minutes from Piedmont Triad International Airport, serving as a major training hub for students interested in aviation manufacturing, systems, composites, and avionics. It will expand GTCC’s capacity by 40 percent, allowing the college to train more than 700 students annually once the first phase is complete in 2027.
“This is good pressure because it requires us to invest and grow,” said Dr. Anthony Clarke, President of GTCC. “We’re breaking ground on Building 1, which will move us from about 500 students to 700 students. Hopefully, that will set the footprint for Building 2, which would then get us up to over 1,000 students. Even with that, that’s why we’re partnering with other community colleges — because if they can do 100, 200 students, then you start to get to that number that they need.”…